St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-02-27

when the senate made the necessary APP
prOpriations it would be charged with ex.
travagance in increasing the appropriations
made by the Democratic house. Mr.. SaulS.
bury defended the house from the criticisms,
and commended it and the president for
saving large amounts for the coAntry. Mr..
Plumb criticised the government severely
for making unfit appointments, but said he
was not unmindful of the fact that the
fact that the president had difficulty in get
ting competent men in the Democratic
party, and had consequently Left many Re-
publicans in Office. He spoke in terms Of
ridcule of the American minister at LON
don, and Of his predecessors. Mr.. Lowell
he said. was more proud of being citizen
of the republic of letters than of the
republic of the United States. Until
some American enterprise was got into the
consular and diplomatic service it was just
as well to leave it in its present rut. II
not a disgrace it was, at all events, ne
credit to the American people. 1t needed
recasting and rebuilding '.from turret to-
foundation stone" Mr.. Call suggested
sarcastically that there was no other way to
elevate the consular and diplomatic service
except to have the senator from Kansas
elected president of the United States, but
| 1t so happened that the people preferred to
elect man OF their own choice. Mr..
Plumb said he was informed and believed
that the present minister to England neg
lected habitually and systematically his
duties as minister SO far as they related to
the comfort, the convenience and the inter-
ests of American citizens. He was in.
formed and he believed that the American
minister was practically ''toady to the
British aristocracy." There ought to be-
something of the dignity Of American citi-
zenship observed by the minister to En-
gland. In his Judgment neither Mr.. Phelps
| nor Mr.. Lowell should ever have repre-
sented the United States abroad. He
would not say that it was disgrace that
| they had represented this country; but he
| would say that it was
| A GREAT MISFORTUNE
which ought to be repaired by the removal
of the present minister. MI. Morrill, de-
tended Mr.. Phelps. After good deal of
further disultory discussion the amendments
reported by the committee on appropria-
! tions were all adopted with some others),
and the bill was passed. The agricultural
appropriation bill was then taken up and
| passed with some amendmentSl. Messages
| were presented from the president vetoing
| pension bills for Anna Wright and Sarah
| Hamilton. MI. Plumb, from the confer
] ence committee on the house bill to restrict
ownership of real estate in the territories to
American citizens, MADE report, which
was agreed to. Mr.. Hoar, from the com.
mittee on the library, reported bill appro-
! priating $40, 600 for the completion of the
monument to Mary, the mother of Wash
| ington, at Fredericksburg, Va. Passed,
! Mr.. Jones. of Nevada, offered resolution
(which was adopteda calling on the secre-
tary OF state for statement of the condi-
tions on which the Anglo-Ainerican, the
direct and the French cable companies were
| allowed to land their cables on the Ameri-
can shores: also copies of all contracts be-
| tween these companies and other cable and
| telegraphic companies. He also presented
the credentials of Alr. Stewart as senator
from the state of Nevada. Placed on file.
Mr.. Dawes presented the conference report
OH the Indian appropriation bill. Agreed
to. The senate bill to reimburse the de-
| positorS of the Freedman's Savings and
| Trust company was taken up. discussed.
amended and passed-yeas &c, nays 6. The
senate then adjourned.